“I recommend pulling back and using minimal color; instead, let your accessories or everyday items be the pop of color in an otherwise neutral space. I find wood to be a great grounding element—I try to use as much natural tones as I can,” says designer Melanie Burstin. Here, Farmhouse Pottery’s large yellowware pitcher brings a corner of the office together.

Any minimalist considering a home office redo will find serious inspiration in Goop’s recently completed extension of their offices in Santa Monica. Homepolish designer Melanie Burstin worked alongside Brittany Pattner, Goop’s creative director, to establish a clean, sleek direction for the new addition. A former chicken coop warehouse framed with gorgeous vaulted ceilings and exposed beams, the space was repurposed to house the site’s growing merchandising and advertising teams.

Working with the Goop aesthetic as inspiration, Burstin created a bright, fresh environment for the team to work in. “In an attempt to make ‘rustic farmhouse’ feel fresh and exciting, I tried to take that look in a more minimal direction,” Burstin says.

“The building itself is very rustic, so I wanted to avoid bringing in anything else that felt too far in that style. Instead, I went for clean and simple. The desks disappear, and the chairs are a perfect pop of grounding black. A ‘less is more’ approach is really important to making a space feel bright and airy,” says Burstin.

And though the chicken coop began as an extension to existing offices, “We really wanted the new space to be unified and in line with our existing spaces, which remain true to their warehouse roots and take advantage of the beautiful California light,” says Pattner.

“Our first office was in a barn, so in some ways Goop has essentially grown up in these great raw, industrial spaces. It’s important for us to keep that a part of our fabric and DNA; it reminds us of where we come from,” she says.

As Goop is growing, the office needed to be multifunctional. Bustin tackled the design with function in mind, creating different working areas for each team and making storage a priority. One of her favorite touches is the custom barn door created by BijouxLu & Co. The door speaks to the original farm and warehouse feel of the building, and helped to section off a previously unused space into something functional and stylish.

Trying to keep as much of the original structure’s integrity as possible, Burstin took down two walls and painted everything white that wasn’t already. “We didn’t change much else, as I wanted the architectural details to pop. The most challenging part of our timeline was that Goop is expanding so quickly that they had to move employees in while I was less than halfway finished. Luckily the desks and chairs were some of the first things to arrive!”

Above, take a look at the design details that define Goop’s new space (and find potential direction for your own).